† wissingn.
Obsolete.
The action of wis v.1, in various senses.
1.
a. Guidance, direction, instruction.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > teaching > [noun]
lore971
wissingc1000
wordloreOE
teachingc1175
kenningc1320
lering1377
learningc1380
disciplinea1382
doctrinec1384
ensignment1398
instruction?a1439
schoolc1449
schoolingc1449
document?a1500
instructing1516
entechmenta1522
institution1531
teachment1562
repasting1567
tuition1582
lessoning1583
tutoring1590
loring1596
tutorage1638
indoctrination1646
principling1649
tutorya1713
tutorhood1752
didactic1754
documenting1801
pupillizing1815
tutorizing1837
tutorization1842
tutelagea1856
coachmanship1873
preception1882
society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance
wissingc1000
rightingOE
guidance?1548
guide1568
guidementa1578
aim1597
chalking1613
sterning1638
light or leading1644
pilotry1842
c1000 Ælfric Pastoral Epist. xx, in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. II. 370 Hi ealle þa lare þe we leorniað on bocum awriton and gesetton be Godes agenre wissunge.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11830 Uss birrþ sone þannkenn. himm. Hiss wissinng & hiss lare.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 95 Þe man þe..sheweð preste his sinnes..nimeð þerof god wissinge.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 99 Bi shriftes wissenge.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xi. 58 By wissynge of þis wenche I wrouȝte.
1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) i. xviii. B viij/2 To gouerne them selfe..by the lyght and wyssynge of tyme.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8151 This wot I full well, thurgh wisshyng of hom.
1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 79 I called them The Islands of Direction; they are good wishing to fall with the Mouth of the Streight.
b. Leading astray, enticement. (Cf. wise v.1 1.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun]
swikec893
swikedomc893
dwalec950
braida1000
falsec1000
flerdc1000
swikelnessa1023
fakenOE
chuffingc1175
fikenungc1175
bipechingc1200
treachery?c1225
falseshipc1230
guilec1230
telingc1230
swikeheada1250
craftc1275
felony1297
wrench1297
deceitc1300
gabc1300
guiling13..
guilery1303
quaintisec1325
wrenk1338
beswiking1340
falsehood1340
abetc1350
wissing1357
wilec1374
faitery1377
faiting1377
tregetryc1380
fallacec1384
trainc1390
coverture1393
facrere1393
ficklenessc1397
falsagea1400
tregeta1400
abusionc1405
blearingc1405
deceptionc1430
mean?c1430
tricotc1430
obreption1465
fallacy1481
japery1496
gauderya1529
fallax1530
conveyance1531
legerdemain1532
dole1538
trompe1547
joukery1562
convoyance1578
forgery1582
abetment1586
outreaching1587
chicanery1589
falsery1594
falsity1603
fubbery1604
renaldry1612
supercherie1621
circumduction1623
fobbinga1627
dice-play1633
beguile1637
fallaxitya1641
ingannation1646
hocus1652
renardism1661
dodgerya1670
knapping1671
trap1681
joukery-pawkery1686
jugglery1699
take-in1772
tripotage1779
trickery1801
ruse1807
dupery1816
nailing1819
pawkery1820
hanky-panky1841
hokey-pokey1847
suck-in1856
phenakisma1863
skulduggery1867
sharp practice1869
dodginess1871
jiggery-pokery1893
flim-flammery1898
runaround1915
hanky1924
to give the go-around1925
Scandiknavery1927
the twist1933
hype1955
mamaguy1971
1357 Lay Folks Catech. (T.) 542 Idelnesse is..witter wissyng and wai till alkyns vices.
c. Conduction, conveyance. Also concrete a conduit.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > channel for conveyance of water
water leatOE
water lade1224
leat1279
watergang1293
sow1316
trough1398
wissinga1400
lanec1420
waterway1431
water leasow1440
watercoursea1450
fleam1523
lead1541
cut1548
aqueducta1552
lake1559
strand1565
race1570
channel1581
watergauge1597
gout1598
server1610
carriage1669
runnel1669
aquage1706
shoot1707
tewel1725
run1761
penstock1763
hulve1764
way-gang1766
culvert1774
flume1784
shute1790
pentrough1793
raceway1793
water carriage1793
carrier1794
conductor1796
water carrier1827
penchute1875
chute1878
by-cut1883
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11942 Þe water wissing can he ditt, þat water to þe lak broght.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1606 The water by wisshyng went vnder houses.
2. Command, ordinance; rule, government.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > command > [noun]
wissingc1000
mandementc1325
commandance1452
conduct1530
conduction1551
commandment1592
command1594
society > authority > rule or government > [noun]
onwaldeOE
wissingc1000
governc1300
shield1338
governaila1382
governancec1384
hierarchy1390
regimenta1393
rulea1393
rulec1405
governationc1410
leadingc1430
governmentc1450
gubernance1455
domination1490
moderation1526
governancy1540
ditiona1552
ruledom1553
rectory1572
sway1586
diocese1596
raj1857
c1000 Ælfric in Assmann Ags. Hom. (1889) 39 Þa munecas, þe..gode þeowiað under abbodes wissunge æfter þam regole.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 73 Hit wes iloked bi godes wissunge ine halie chirche.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 190 As al þe world is iwald þurh his wissunge.
a1400–50 Wars Alex. 3256 Þe wyssyng of þe wale god þat wist all before.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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